Local art and holiday shopping at the American Visionary Art Museum

Bazaart: Local art and holiday shopping at the American Visionary Art Museum

FOR SOMEONE WHO LIKES CRAFTY THINGS, WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED THIS WEEKEND. THE AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM IS HOLDING ITS ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR ART. JOINING US WITH MORE ON WHAT TO EXPECT IS ARTIST SEAN THERON. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK AGAIN. I WAS JUST HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER YOU HAD ALL OF YOUR COOL ARTWORK. I HAVE ALL OF THE COOL ARTWORK AND NOW YOU’VE GOT THE CRAFTY THINGS. YEAH. AND I GOT ALL THE CRAFTY THINGS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT I HAVE THE BIG ART TRUCK. YES, THAT’S THAT TOLLS AROUND TOWN, WHICH IS A BLAST. BUT NOW WE’RE AT THE VISIONARY MUSEUM THIS WEEKEND. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRUCK DOESN’T FIT IN THE BUILDING, SO NOW I’M GOING SANS THE TRUCK. NO WORRIES. BUT YOU’RE DOING BAZAAR ART. AND WHAT IS THAT? I AM DOING BAZAAR. BAZAAR IS THE VISIONARY MUSEUM’S BIG HOLIDAY ART SHOW. WE BRING IN A LOT OF GREAT ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE REGION AND A LOT OF LOCAL FOLKS AS WELL, INCLUDING ME, WHICH IS FUN AND WE IT’S A BIG CRAFT AND ART EVENT. YEAH. TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS WILL BE SHOWCASING. WELL, YOU KNOW, LUCKY ME, I GET TO BE LIKE IN THE KNOW WITH THE BALTIMORE ART COMMUNITY. SO I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT, GREAT STUFF. THIS RIGHT HERE IS A WIRE REINDEER BY DEVIN MAC, WHO IS ALSO HIS. HE’S THERE. HE HAS A GREAT DISPLAY. HE IS DRAWN METAL STUDIOS. HE DOES A LOT OF REALLY GREAT ALL SORTS OF STUFF. BUT THIS IS HIS REINDEER. AND THEN WE HAVE MARK MAY, ONE OF HIS LITTLE YETIS. THAT’S SO CUTE. YEAH, TOTALLY. HE MAKES LITTLE WOODEN ROBOTS. BUT THIS IS ONE OF HIS ORNAMENTS THAT GO AROUND, WHICH IS JUST ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. UM, THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A LITTLE SANTA ACTION GOING ON HERE. YOU GOT TO HAVE SANTA CLAUS. GOT TO HAVE SANTA’S GOT TO HAVE SANTA ON YOUR TREE. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY ORNAMENTS. I LOVE THESE GLASSES. THESE. SO THESE. AND THEY LIGHT UP. YEAH. DO THEY TWINKLE? THEY CAN TWINKLE. THERE’S A BUTTON ON TOP THAT YOU CAN. OH, I LOVE THIS GHOST SPASTIC. HAVE A LITTLE FUN WITH IT ALL. YEAH. GIRL LIKE, HOW FUN WOULD THESE BE FOR ANY HOLIDAY PARTY? I’M THE PERSON THAT WOULD WEAR THESE. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, I WEAR MY LITTLE DECORATIONS. THIS IS ABOUT AS COOL AS THE TIE AS I CAN GET FOR THE HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW? AND I DON’T DO TIES. SO THIS IS ABOUT AS HOW IT’S GOING TO BE. WE’LL TAKE IT AND YOU’VE GOT SOME ARTWORK AND THEN YOU KNOW SOME MORE ARTWORK BECAUSE WE LIKE TO LIKE TO SHOW OFF THE BALTIMORE ARTS. IT’S FUN BEING OUT THERE, OUT AND ABOUT HAVING A GREAT TIME GETTING TO MEET ALL THE PEOPLE AND BRINGING ALL THE FOLKS DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, GET AMAZING GIFTS FOR EVERYBODY. AND THIS EVENT IS FREE. AND IT’S ABSOLUTELY FREE. IT’S ON THE THIRD FLOOR TO THE THIRD BUILDING OF THE MUSEUM. BUT AFTERWARDS, YOU CAN GO TO THE MUSEUM ITSELF, WHICH IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. YEAH, POP UP THAT QR CODE AND THERE’S MY QR CODE WITH MY WEBSITE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN AFTER YOU’RE DONE, THE MUSEUM, THERE’S ALWAYS A MUSEUM STORE WITH THESE AMAZING GLASSES COME INTO PLAY. HEY, GLASSES. YEAH, YEAH. SO WE POP UP THE QR CODE. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION. THERE YOU YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME THIS MORNING. THIS IS FROM SIDESHOW TO THE BEST MUSEUM STORE IN THE UNIVERSE. OH, MY GOSH. WELL, STAY WITH US. WE’LL HAVE MORE NEWS

Bazaart: Local art and holiday shopping at the American Visionary Art Museum

Jenyne talks to a local artist about Bazaart: An annual craft marketplace at the American Visionary Art Museum. What you can expect to see, and the art that makes Baltimore the special city that it is.